The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directs appointment of special executive magistrate to speed-up process of liquidation of seized assets of fruadsters
By Dheeraj FartodeAsking Home Department to speed-up process of disbursement of seized properties of fraudsters among the gullible investors, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday reviewed law and order situation. On sidelines of winter session, Chief Minister first asked for details about ponzy schemes and their status and . When he learnt about settlement in many cases, Fadnavis asked then directed Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Amitabh Ranjan and Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal to co-ordinate with Revenue officials and ensure immediate disbursement of assets in cases which are now settled.
He asked Home Department to pursue appointment of Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) who is an officer of rank of Additional District Magistrate, and provide immediate relief to thousands of investors who are waiting for return of their basic investment. Chief Minister was addressing a special meeting of senior State police officials. The meeting was held at Ramgiri on Monday evening and besides ACS (Home) and DGP, Director General of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ABC) Praveen Dixit, Home Secretary, Commissioners from Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur Police Commissionerates were present. Secretary to Chief Minister, Pravin Darade was also present.
DGP briefed Chief Minister about status of cases under Maharashtra Protection Of Interest Of Depositors (MPID) Act, in which courts have given directions to return the money of investors from seized properties of fraudsters. DGP further stated that since SEM are burdened with many charges the process gets delayed. Chief Minister then immediately directed the Special Executive Magistrate be appointed at the earliest and a police officer should liaison with them and they are to look after only the MPIDA case and provide relief to the gullible investors.
On the issue of Naxal menace in Maharashtra, the CM applauded Maharashtra Police’s performance saying the cops are doing a commendable job as compared to in neighbouring states. The meeting also reviewed installation of CCTV cameras in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur and directed the officials to fasten-up the process.
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